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Tools of the Tools of the TradeTrade
Weapons of the Renaissance eraWeapons of the Renaissance era
Parties and FestivalsParties and Festivals
Tools of the trade outlineTools of the trade outline Personal Weapons of the RenaissancePersonal Weapons of the Renaissance
Renaissance Parties and FestivalsRenaissance Parties and Festivals
Personal WeaponsPersonal Weapons Although Renaissance weapons were used in Although Renaissance weapons were used in
warfare they were most commonly used as warfare they were most commonly used as decoration.decoration.
Renaissance people carried around daggers and Renaissance people carried around daggers and swords called rapiers out in public.swords called rapiers out in public.
Renaissance Festivals and Parties
Festivals took place throughout Renaissance Europe in the 16th and 17th century
To the people of the Renaissance, a festival was a relief to the stressful and hard life due to wars and famine.
Renaissance Festivals and Parties
Festivals were also used to welcome Royalty to important cities.
Festivals also provided a short term moral boost to a particular city or town.
Clothing and colors of the renaissance
The clothing and colors of the renaissance. How different from
then to now.
Clothing and its Importance The clothing of the Renaissance was
extremely important in everyday life. It helped to distinguish the different
social classes in society. clothing was not just a fashion
statement, but rather a way of life. It was so important that the people
of aristocracy and nobility would spend all of their earnings on their clothing.
Colors Colors in the renaissance
meant a lot more than just matching. They were used to express how a person felt that day or to show what class they held being a noble, a merchant, middle class, or a worker.
Colors: green stood for love gray for sorrow yellow for hostility blue for fidelity red for nobility black and gray for lower status
people
Wealthy and Nobles
The wealthy wore clothing of only the finest material being:
Silk brocade velvet satin cotton.
The wealthy would commonly wear darker colors so as to show off the embroidery or jewels that were sewn into the clothing.
Peasants
During the Renaissance, the peasants would normally wear clothing made of cheap material.
Flannel
Even if you were to be a poor peasant, If you dressed yourself correctly then you could pull it off as being of a high rank in society.
Extra Extra Read All About It!
Clothing used to be more than a fashion statement.
Was their way of life.
Kept everyone in order.
Dying Is Your Latest Fashion!*
The Late Trends of Elizabethan times, featuring Hairstyles and
jewelry*Copyright Escape The Fate
Now…
… and then! Coifs and classes Important in upper class UPPER CLASS: highly
elaborate fair hair supposedly marked
the ideal woman so hair would be dyed yellow with a mixture of saffron, cumin seed, celandine and oil [very, tasty]
le gasp! Surprisingly, frizzy
hair was favored Wigs often referred to as
periwigs
Lovely locks LOWER CLASS: straight hair was favored with center part-
complimented the French hood ALL CLASSES: women wore swept up hair- flowing hair indicated
virgin and was usually worn by a bride at her wedding with fresh flowers
long hair was usually in a bun, to be covered in some way hair was always covered by some form of hat, veil, or hood
[atifet, coif, biggin’, caul, pillbox style hat]
hair was pulled away from face and combed back from forehead
And You thought your sister spent a lot of time on her hair
Men spent just as much time on their hair, which was worn curly
long beards were trendy and varied in style
No barber visits for beards [Sorry Sweeney…]
men usually had red hair, while women had blonde
hair nets were extremely popular [and not just for the lunch lady]
The Crown Jewels upper & middle classes MIDDLE CLASS: modest, often
enameled, necklaces cuts on gems were simple:
cabochon cut [smooth, rounded top] or table-cut (a cabochon with flat surface), with rose-cut & hog-back cut emerging later in the century
gem carving was very popular settings were very intricate,
sometimes made to look like petals or leaves
Diamonds in the rough
Common gems- diamond, ruby, emerald, opal, topaz, and sapphire; beads and cameo gems: sapphire, carnelian, jasper, onyx, bloodstone, moss agate, chalcedony, crysoprase, pearls, and sardonyx
Gold chains, carcanets [chokers], & pearls were common brooches and pendants were worn in multiple ways [necklaces, hats,
etc.] Jewels were often sewn into clothing
“Talk About Retro…”
~Joanna Villalobos